PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To improve a distinctive strange taste (particularly bitterness remaining in the mouth) of a conventional low-calorie food or drink, particularly an edible product (food or drink) having low calories obtained by replacing part or most of the sugar or isomerized sugar to be added by a high-intensity sweetener.SOLUTION: A composition for improving a taste of a high-intensity sweetener, a method of improving a taste of an edible product containing a high-intensity sweetener, and an edible product in which a taste of a high-intensity sweetener is improved are provided. An isomerized sugar and a rare sugar are contained with the rare sugar contained in an amount of from 1 to 150 parts by mass based on 100 parts by mass of the isomerized sugar.COPYRIGHT: (C)2012,JPO&INPIT【課題】 従来の低カロリー飲食品、特に、添加されるべき砂糖や異性化糖の一部あるいはほとんどを高甘味度甘味料に置き換えることで低カロリーを実現した可食性製品(飲食品)の有する独特の異味(特に口中に残る苦味)を改良すること。【解決手段】 高甘味度甘味料に対する呈味改良組成物、高甘味度甘味料を含有する可食性製品の呈味改良方法、ならびに高甘味度甘味料の呈味が改良された可食性製品は、異性化糖及び希少糖を、異性化糖100質量部に対して希少糖1~150質量部の割合で含むことを特徴とする。【選択図】 なし
